lucha
combat ; contention ; scramble ; fight ; struggle ; fray ; crusade ; strife ; contest ; fighting ; tug of war ; battle ; scrabble.
It is not without significance perhaps that some writers on the reference interview use the term 'encounter', which the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines as 'meet as adversary', 'meeting in combat'.
Among the trends are: more focus on user needs, a contention between optical products and on-line access; and a focus in the USA on formulation of major information policies.
Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.
The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
The Thatcher government's crusade for privatisation is also hitting British libraries.
If performance evaluation is viewed as a tool of second or third-level by supervisors it loses its clout and encourages strife.
Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and battles when the colonists won.
They got into a scrabble with him after he'd made a racial slur towards blacks in a hotel bar once.
emprender una lucha contra
launch + an attack on
This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.
en la lucha contra
in the battle against
Now, sheep are being enlisted as eco-warriors in the battle against invasive plant species.
enzarzarse en la lucha
engage in + combat
It is sad to see two rare success stories engaged in combat.
enzarzarse en una lucha a muerte
get into + a fight to the death
If it doesn't, and she gets outvoted, she'll probably choose to give it to him instead of getting into a fight to the death over ten dollars.
lucha a brazo partido
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
lucha a cuerpo partido
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
lucha a muerte
fight to death
If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
lucha armada
armed struggle
Instead, he opted to speak with a forked tongue, intoning the rhetoric of peace in English while speaking the language of armed struggle in Arabic.
lucha contra las drogas
war on drugs
As the `war on drugs' escalates, a new class of client is emerging.
lucha contra los insectos
pest control
The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.
lucha de clases
class warfare
class war
class struggle
With the rise of social stratification, humankind has developed 'class warfare' to heavily dysgenic proportions.
This article explains six of the ways the rich are waging a class war against the poor.
Engles stated that the history of humanity is the history of class struggles.
lucha de ingenio
battle of wits
The article is entitled 'Cyberattack: a battle of wits'.
lucha de poderes
power struggle
battle of wills
Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.
This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
lucha de resistencia
battle of wills
This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
lucha diaria
daily grind
With all of the things that make up our daily grind, we often find ourselves craving for the next getaway, for the next relaxation period.
luchador de lucha libre
wrestler
The author describes how a programme was developed jointly by a librarian and a sports coach to introducing student wrestlers to the world of sports magazines.
lucha enconada
bitter struggle
At first the neophytic librarian was mildly shocked by his revelations, and sometimes her heart gave a jump when he described some of the bitter struggles that went on constantly between individuals.
lucha entre tres
three-horse race
Sevilla ended Real Madrid's unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 victory on Sunday which underlined the Spanish title race will be a three-horse race.
lucha hasta la muerte
fight to death
If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
lucha intelectual
battle of wits
The article is entitled 'Cyberattack: a battle of wits'.
lucha libre
professional wrestling
wrestling
Professional wrestling provides entertainment to millions of fans each year, yet materials about it are often lacking in US libraries.
During the 1980s, due to technology like cable and pay per view, wrestling increased its visibility and found some mainstream success.
lucha mano a mano
hand-to-hand fight
They are obviously in love with the same man, and the hand-to-hand fight is the traditional gypsy way to solve the dispute.
lucha por el poder
power struggle
Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.
lucha por el título
title race
Sevilla ended Real Madrid's unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 victory on Sunday which underlined the Spanish title race will be a three-horse race.
luchas internas
infighting [in-fighting]
This dramatic act of treachery against the Republic was actually entirely due to political infighting between republican factions.
lucha territorial
turf war
The article is entitled 'Turf wars in the playback software arena: Microsoft Netshow, Windows Multimedia Player, and all that buzz'.